Self soothing is a funny thing, and for me, my latest method is to play Blue Prince an hour or two before bed. If you'd have told me a few months ago that I'd find an oasis of peace in a puzzle roguelike, I'd have laughed in your face. I love Hades and Hades 2 with a fierce passion, drawn to a sense of comfort in cyclicality while constantly feeling the compulsion to play just one more round. There's nothing chill about 90 percent of the best roguelikes I've played, because they're built to be moreish.
But Blue Prince is a different experience entirely. Or rather, it does a similar thing with surprisingly somnolent ramifications – for me, anyway – and it's made me view the genre in a brand new (night)light.
